Match List-I with List-II:
| List-I Rulers | List-II Associations | ||
| (A) | Krishnadeva Raya | (I) | Defeated in the battle of Talikota |
| (B) | Rama Raya | (II) | Laid the foundation of the Vijayanagara Empire |
| (C) | Harihara and Bukka | (III) | Consecrated metal images of Appar, Sambandar and Sundarar |
| (D) | Parantaka I | (IV) | Establisher of the Yavana kingdom |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → (A) - (IV), (B) - (I), (C) - (II), (D) - (III)
(A) Krishnadeva Raya — this matches (IV) Establisher of the Yavana kingdom. Relations between Vijayanagara and the Sultans were not always hostile. Krishnadeva Raya supported some claimants to power in the Sultanates and took pride in the title “establisher of the Yavana kingdom”; Yavana was a Sanskrit word for the Greeks and other peoples who came from the north-west.
(B) Rama Raya — this matches (I) Defeated in the battle of Talikota. In 1565 Rama Raya, the chief minister, led the army to Rakshasi-Tangadi (Talikota), where his forces were routed by the combined armies of Bijapur, Ahmadnagar and Golconda.
(C) Harihara and Bukka — this matches (II) Laid the foundation of the Vijayanagara Empire. According to tradition and inscriptions, these two brothers founded the empire in 1336.
(D) Parantaka I — this matches (III) Consecrated metal images of Appar, Sambandar and Sundarar. This Chola ruler placed metal images of the three Nayanar saints in a Shiva temple around 945, and they were carried in processions during the saints’ festivals.
NCERT (2025-26): “2. Rayas, Nayakas and Sultans … According to tradition and epigraphic evidence two brothers, Harihara and Bukka, founded the Vijayanagara Empire in 1336.… 2.2 The apogee and decline of the empire … In 1565 Rama Raya, the chief minister of Vijayanagara, led the army into battle at Rakshasi-Tangadi (also known as Talikota), where his forces were routed by the combined armies of Bijapur, Ahmadnagar and Golconda.… …Krishnadeva Raya, for example, supported some claimants to power in the Sultanates and took pride in the title ‘establisher of the Yavana kingdom’.… Yavana is a Sanskrit word used for the Greeks and other peoples who entered the subcontinent from the north west. 2.4 Relations with the state … Further, inscriptional evidence from around 945 suggests that the Chola ruler Parantaka I had consecrated metal images of Appar, Sambandar and Sundarar in a Shiva temple. These were carried in processions during the festivals of these saints.” |